Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov reported that most of the injured were taken to hospitals. People have suffered shrapnel wounds, burns, and lacerations.

With much of the focus on Ukraine being placed on the stagnant state of U.S.-led peace talks and recent successful Ukrainian drone strikes against Russia's oil refineries, Western policymakers should not overlook Ukraine's northern border with Belarus. This week, Belarus is participating in alarming Russian-led nuclear warfare exercises. Last week, President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly raised concerns about the possibility of Belarus entering the war from the north in support of Russia. None o

Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko's regime "must understand there will be consequences if there is aggression against Ukraine, against our people," Zelensky said.

On May 19-20, Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Beijing to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping, just days after Donald Trump did the same. Although Putin's visit had been scheduled well in advance, the timing alongside U.S.-China talks has heightened the significance of the trip. Russia analysts expect progress toward expanding the Power of Siberia pipeline, a deal the Kremlin has long pushed for. Despite that, not much had come out of the talks. Putin and Xi signed a joint declaration,

While Russia lost 67 soldiers per square kilometer of advance in October, that figure rose to 165 in January, 244 in February, 254 in March, and 179 in April, according to Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.

The operation destroyed a Russian Pantsir-S1 air defense system, valued at an estimated $15 million to $20 million.

TALLINN, Estonia — Among Estonians, there is little confidence that U.S. President Donald Trump would rush to defend their country in the event of a Russian invasion. As a 1.3-million-strong NATO member sharing a border with Russia, Estonia would likely be at the forefront of a potential conflict between the alliance and Moscow — a prospect seen as increasingly realistic since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Publicly, Estonian officials have cast a confident note. While Russia rem

Local residents reported that an oil refining unit at Rosneft's Syzran plant was struck in the Ukrainian attack.

Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said Ukraine plans to increase production of the missiles "tenfold" and build additional stockpiles for the fall and winter seasons.

"The enlargement process takes much too long" and "understandably, this creates frustration," said the German chancellor.

"We will not allow Ukrainian or any other imported product to endanger the livelihood of Hungarian farmers and the supply of healthy food to the Hungarian people," said the country's agriculture minister.

Residents in affected areas were urged to remain indoors and seek shelter.

Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called it "unacceptable and incompatible with respect for human dignity, human rights, and international law."

Belarus's Defense Ministry released videos on May 21 showing what it said were heavy equipment allegedly carrying nuclear warheads through a forest, ballistic missile submarines heading to sea training areas, and personnel mounting missiles on aircraft launchers.

A Russian Geran long-range drone struck the Semenivka community on May 20, hitting a farm bus and killing one man while injuring two others.

The number includes 910 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

The Kirishi oil refinery, one of Russia's largest, has been shut down since May 5, unnamed sources said.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke with President Volodymyr Zelensky on May 20, reaffirming London’s continued support for Ukraine amid Russia’s ongoing war.

On May 19, the ashes of Andrii Melnyk, a key leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, and his wife Sofia were exhumed in Luxembourg during an official ceremony attended by Ukrainian state representatives.

Russia may be preparing a new offensive toward Ukraine's Chernihiv-Kyiv direction, potentially with involvement from Belarus, President Volodymyr Zelensky said May 20.

Riding a wave of political momentum in 2019, Volodymyr Zelensky, a showman turned wartime leader, could have hardly imagined the path his presidency would take. Some argue that Zelensky's 2019 election was less of an endorsement of his political platform, a populist one, rather a rejection of the old entrenched elite seen as ineffective and corrupt. Years later, Zelensky still faces the domestic challenges that confronted his predecessors — issues he once promised to resolve. On the internatio

Russia's security service found depleted uranium in an unexploded missile recovered in Chernihiv Oblast, as NATO warns of "devastating" consequences if nuclear weapons are used in the war.

ODESA — The danger comes from across the Black Sea, but the city itself ends at the shoreline. For Ukraine’s Navy, that has become a tactical problem. "The main problem of fighting off drones in Odesa, which doesn’t exist in other cities, is that here’s Odesa, and here’s the sea,” Dmytro Pletenchuk, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian Navy, told the Kyiv Independent while speaking from the shore. "Factually, Odesa ends at the water’s edge, and as it turns out you can’t throw a lot of air defense i

Drone activity was recorded near the Belarusian border in eastern Lithuania, but the warning was later extended to the capital, Vilnius.

Businessman Timur Mindich, an Israeli citizen, fled to Israel shortly before he was charged and sanctioned last fall.

Volodymyr Zelensky was sworn in as Ukraine's president on May 20, 2019. He entered office as a political outsider — a relatively young comedian and television producer — promising anti-corruption reforms and peace with Russia. Within years, he would become the face of Ukraine's wartime resistance and one of the world's most recognizable leaders during Europe's deadliest war since World War II. 7 years ago today, Zelensky took office. His legacy is now tied to warRiding a wave of political mom

In April, EU leaders voted to grant the bloc permission to provide Ukraine with a 90 billion euro ($110 billion) loan, providing the lion's share of Kyiv's financial needs to both defend itself and keep the lights on. But that money comes with strings attached, and even then it isn't enough to cover all of Ukraine's needs. One of those strings was announced on May 20, with the European Commission telling Kyiv that it needs to improve its revenue collection through a series of unpopular tax cha

Editor's note: This article has been updated with a statement from the U.K. government. The United Kingdom on May 20 apologized for the way it "clumsily" handled the roll-out of new sanctions on Moscow after a day earlier it issued what appeared to be an easing of sanctions on Russian energy imports. A license posted on the U.K. government web portal on May 19 permits imports of diesel and jet fuel made from Russian oil if "the products have been processed in a third country." The move was wi

"Well, they (Russians) know if that happens, the reaction is devastating... Of course, we follow that (exercises), we monitor what is happening," NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said.

Kyiv will have to improve its revenue collection and how efficiently it spends money, the European Commission said in a press release on May 20, if it wants to access more than $8 billion of the loan.

The Kyiv Independent’s Francis Farrell speaks with a British volunteer and drone operator serving in the Azov Corps’ international battalion about Russia’s war against Ukraine and how drone warfare has transformed modern combat.

The figures were revealed in Syrskyi's report on participation in a Ukraine–NATO Council meeting at NATO Headquarters in Brussels.